Galleries: Photos and Video

Since Silhouettes By Hand's freehand-scissored profile portraits are valuable in many settings and events, several galleries are offered here to let you enjoy the scope of the business. The galleries below include Silhouette images, Instagram feed, Museum Programs, and Other Events, Silhouette-Event example, and a live-broadcast video from a museum event.

How are silhouettes created?

Silhouettes are created "freehand" with scissors. There is no shadow cast, or drawing with pencil or pen in advance. In this video you can see on no lines on this white side of the paper. Creating silhouettes in this way - especially with astounding resemblance to the sitter - is a rare skill. There are few people in the world who work this way. Watch this video (50 seconds):

This silhouette was cut by "Silhouettes By Hand" in less than two minutes during "A 19th Century Christmas" at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, Tacoma, WA. (The video is sped up just a little for people who cannot wait). Silhouettes are a great way to experience the past - first hand!

Sample Silhouettes

Here are profile portraits hand-cut with only scissors by your artist, Lauren Muney, spanning 7 years. Each of these portraits is hand-cut with only scissors and paper, without drawing, tracing a shadow or using any type of machine. These are not clipart - these are actual portraits made from people sitting live for their silhouettes or from a photo for their Silhouette Order. Even the horse portrait was created live.

Some happy faces

In this museum event, the facility and the guests were celebrating Maryland Day, the founding of the Maryland in 1634. The guests were invited to submit their own selfies (self-portraits) to social media under #MDselfie - however the silhouette area gave the guests the opportunity to relax --and picture themselves in history with their own historically created portrait.

A more relaxed encounter with a Silhouette artist...

In this special evening, Lauren Muney visited with Springfield, OH's Mother Stewart's Brewing Company, to talk about tradition (and beer) ... Mother Stewart's was was made from an old coffin factory, and is named after a local temperance worker - ie: a woman who tried to get beer banned...